198 EUEAL LIFE IN CAl^ADA 



other dutj lies upon the church. The modification of 

 the primary occupations by modern industrial develop- 

 ment, which is the real cause of the present rural prob- 

 lem, demands study and action from many institutions. 

 Educational, industrial, recreative, fraternal, political 

 organizations have functions, responsibilities and duties 

 to undertake in regard to this problem. The church, 

 while she is to fill these organizations with spiritual men, 

 to inspire them with a spiritual character and a Chris- 

 tian ideal, must also recognize the supremacy of each in 

 its own domain, and the necessity of the contribution of 

 each to the solution of the problem. Thus, recognizing 

 the unity of the problem and the solidarity of the forces 

 which unitedly must solve it, she is called upon to assist 

 in the federation, " upon the level " of all forces of 

 progress. 



Moreover, the Christian Church must awake to the 

 fact that she has a competitor for the suffrages and the 

 domain of the rural community in one of the most astute 

 of selfish agencies — Mormonism. While not disdaining 

 to dominate the city this system seeks first the sceptre of 

 the open country. Its dream is of world-conquest. It 

 behooves the church to match against the iron unity of 

 Mormon discipline the living unity of her faith, against 

 the inducement of a sensual life the incentive of a con- 

 secrated one, and now, before it be grown strong, to free 

 Canada from this incubus. 



Such a programme calls for self-denial and devoted 

 service on the part of the church, but it leads to victory. 

 " Are we, the churchmen of this continent, prepared to 

 undertake any such programme as the regeneration of 

 society until all social institutions attain the measure 



